LG OLED TV to showcase the Northern Lights to Iceland this season
I've always wanted to see the Aurora Borealis, it's so mystical and makes you think all the wonders of Nature. But this time, it is the wonder of humankind as global
technology innovator LG Electronics is
kicking off a campaign to make the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora
Borealis, visible to audiences around the globe in the most unique way—via its
cutting-edge HDR-enabled 4K OLED TVs, amazing, right?
LG will showcase the OLED Aurora Borealis
at the Lights Out, Stars On concert
on July 20, 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland, featuring hometown band Of Monsters and Men. This will be followed
by a four-month photo exhibition portraying the beauty of Iceland on LG OLED
TVs.
The Northern Lights cannot be observed in Iceland from
April to August due to the midnight sun which keeps the country lit almost 24
hours a day. To give summer tourists and residents their first opportunity to
view the Aurora Borealis during the summer months, LG has invited nearly one
thousand guests to the highly-anticipated concert. For one night only at the
award-winning Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, its glass panels resembling the
elegant Picture-on-Glass of the LG SIGNATURE OLED TV will feature 40 large OLED
TVs installed in an array to display the Icelandic night sky on their perfectly
black screens.
Residents of any country will have the opportunity to
win tickets to the concert and an all-expenses-paid Reykjavik travel package.
Competition details can be found at facebook.com/lgtv.
The campaign will also feature a photography
exhibition displaying images of scenic Icelandic landscapes and night skies on
LG OLED TVs. Captured by a number of talented Icelandic photographers, the
images showing the natural beauty of the heavens and the Earth will be displayed
in a whole new perspective on the perfect surfaces of LG OLED TVs. The photo
exhibition will run from July 20 until November 20 in Harpa Concert Hall.
Throughout the campaign, LG worked closely with
award-winning Icelandic writer and activist Andri Magnason as well as professional
astro-photographer Sean Parker, who has created original works of art depicting
the beautiful Aurora-filled night skies of Iceland. Popular tech YouTuber Lewis
Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy will serve as creative director for the campaign.
During the 2006
Aurora Borealis viewing season, Magnason suggested that the city of Reykjavik come together to make the beauty of
the night sky visible within the city for the first time. Magnason wanted the
people of Reykjavik to see the northern lights and stars against a completely
black backdrop. Just as eliminating light pollution allowed the people of
Reykjavik to see the lights in all their glory, the pitch black backdrop of OLED
TVs heightens the contrast and delivers richer images. LG OLED TVs feature
individually illuminated pixels, eliminating the need for image-distorting LED backlights.
Without this backlight, OLED TVs are capable of displaying perfect black images
alongside bright, lifelike colors.
“Some people tend
to overlook the beauty of nature, especially those that grace the earth only
once in a blue moon. With the unmatched OLED technology found in LG TVs, the
residents and tourists of Iceland will be able to witness the magic of the
Northern Lights this July,” LG Philippines’ Home Entertainment VP Tony An said.
“After 50 years of TV innovation, LG makes world-class experiences possible
with the perfect black and perfect colors of its OLED TV.”
The concert and
photo exhibition will take place at the prestigious Harpa Concert Hall in
Reykjavik. Tickets are available at tix.is/en/event/2973/lights-out-stars-on.
To get a preview of the LG OLED TV and Northern Lights campaign, visit
youtube.com/watch?v=7WOTuprjdQg. To learn more about the breathtaking LG OLED
TVs, visit lg.com/ph; like the LG TV Philippines Facebook page or follow
@LGPhilippines on Twitter and Instagram.
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